Disable Smilies in This Post. Show Signature: include your profile signature. Only registered users may have signatures.

*If HTML and/or UBB Code are enabled, this means you can use HTML and/or UBB Code in your message.

If you have previously registered, but forgotten your password, click here.

T O P I C R E V I E W

spacescribe

Can anyone who's been to the Vehicle Assembly Building's low bay clarify what I'm seeing here? I see "A" for "Tower A", but beyond that is it areas K-N? What kind of work was done there and were there offices behind that area? Thank you.

There were test cells for the S-II and S-IVB on either side of the transfer aisle. Google "VAB low bay" and look at the diagrams and images. The test cells were abandoned in place after Apollo. The ground level just has various areas for work. The transfer aisle would be the holding area.

(It is bad internet manners to post the same thing on multiple sites at the same time. You only post on other sites if you don't get satisfaction at the original site.)

Robert Pearlman

From a space shuttle-era NASA fact sheet:

The Low Bay area is at the southern half of the building and serves as a holding and processing area for the SRB forward assemblies and Ground Support Equipment. The upper floors of the low bay area house the Kennedy Space Center's main intranet and computer systems for data processing and data communication.

ilbasso

Interesting to see that photo making the rounds. My dad took it in August 1969 when he was on a VIP tour of KSC.

Jim, I'm catching up on the posts and was actually about to thank you for your invaluable comment on the other site. I'd like to get more experiences of people who've been there which is why I also posted here. Thanks.

spacescribe

quote:Originally posted by ilbasso:Interesting to see that photo making the rounds. My dad took it in August 1969 when he was on a VIP tour of KSC.

Yes, I've been to several sites and these photos of yours have proven to be quite popular and helpful to me -- thank you.

Hi again Robert, wondering have you been there? Any idea what the lower floors house?

Jim Behling

quote:Originally posted by spacescribe:Any idea what the lower floors house?

Just empty areas, much like a high bay without an MLP, some areas were used for SRB refurbishment before the SRB ARF was built. There are some large paint booths for the nose cones. It is really nondescript.

I am speaking from experience. I have been at CCAFS/KSC since 1988 and the other site has many workers on it.

astro-nut

Does any collectSPACE member know the exact dates of construction of the VAB? When did construction start on the VAB and what day was construction completed on the VAB?

nasamad

The info you are looking for is likely to be found in these chapters of NASA's Moonport.

A quick look tells me that work began on 11 July 1963. It would be a shame not to read this yourself as its very interesting and there were a lot of milestones between beginning and end.

LM-12

Here is a NASA article on current modifications to the VAB for the SLS program.

Notice in the first photo that there is a mission emblem for the STS-109 Hubble repair mission on the VAB wall near High Bay 3. Why that particular flight? Are there other emblems on the VAB walls?

Robert Pearlman

Yes, there are a number of mission emblems. I believe they were added for the filming of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in 2010.

LM-12

I like the banners they placed higher up in High Bay 3. Interesting comparison.